Sanitary milk-bottle cover



oct. 29, 1929. Y R, E LANDES 1,733,807

SANITARY MILK BOTTLE COVER Filed DSO. 27, 1927 lNvENToR i Ruth ELa/zzdesv M 2. ('p e oRNWE'Y T15; 17. l l

Patented oci. 2e, ieee RUTH E. LANDES, or NEW vomi, my.

SANITARY MILKBQTTLE l covert Application led December 27,1927. Serial1To2422,9,112l.

This invention relates in particular to a milk bottle cover adapted forthe purpose of providing a cover which may be held in a closed or openposition, as a means of preventing foreign matter from contaminating themilk in the bottle and so as to permit the milk contained therein to bepoured therefrom when desired.

The object of the invention is to provide a milk bottle cover of novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described,claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing. I

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of my improved device applied to amilk bottle.

Fig. 2 is a perspective detail view of the cover proper.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the clamping member.

Fig. 4 is an enlargedv fragmentary side elevational view of the deviceshown in Fig. 1 illustrating by dotted lines the open position thereof.

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail view illustrat- 5 ing further developmentof the cover proper.

Fig. 6 is a perspective detail view illustrat-V ing a furtherdevelopment of the'clamping member.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 7-*7 of Fig. 5.e

The reference numeral 10 indicates a milk bottle of customaryconstruction and the neck thereof is engaged by the clamping member 11,preferably of spring steel construction,

suitably formed or bent so as to be engaged thereon. The cover proper 12is adapted to enclose or cover the top or open end of the said milkbottle, and is provided with an integral turned-in portion 13, adaptedto enage somewhat in the open end of the said milk bottle, and isprovided with a pair of parallel ears 14. The clamping member 11,

is provided with a similar pair of parallel ears 15. The pin 16 engagesthrough the ears 14 and 15, and has its extremities riveted over, orsuitably enlarged, as a means of holding the said pin in place therein.

The cover proper 12 is provided with an extended portion 17, or handleelement hav- 59 ing a bent Vportion 17.

The pin 16 is pro-y videdwith a @il spring la which is Secured at oneextremity to the ear-15'anld the other end abuts against the extendedportion 17.

The above described constructionfis such as y will permit thespring419,tonoimallyV hold th-e cover proper [12 ijn' afclosed "positionas clearly shown in Fig. 1 i ,i i The clip 201s secured as at 21, by abolt or the like, to the free extremity ofthe extended element 18. :Theclip t2O isforinedor bent upwardly wat 22; and isY adapted' t0 n'sas thefree vbent portion'17of the handle element 17 ,asa means of xholdingthe;cover Vproper 12, in an open position, as designated by the `referencenumeral 24, `in"Fi"g. "The clip; 2O

has formed therein an .elongated aperture25,

adapted" to Vreceive the said bolt 21, as al means of positioning theclip, so asto insure the proper engagement of the bent portion 23 of thecover proper 12, for the purpose as above set forth.

The wedge member 28 is secured by means below the said clip 22, as ameans of positioning the clip 22, so as to increase or decrease theopening intermediate the clip 22 and the extended Yelement 18, whichwill permit the bent portion 28 of the handle element 17 to readilyVengage therein, as above set forth.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7, of the accompanying drawing, I have shown one ofthe above mentioned ears provided with a raised portion 26, formedtherein, by punching or extending a portion vof the ear 14, and adaptedto engage in the aperture 27, formed in one of the ears. The abovedescribed construction isv such as will hold the cover proper 12, in asemi or partially open position'.

While I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention,it is to be understood 'that I do not limit myself t0 the preciseconstruction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changesand modilication coming within the scope of the invention as definedinthe appended claims.

Having thus described myinvention what I claim as new and Vdesire toprotect YbyLetters Patent of the United States is as follows: Y l. 1n amilk bottle cover, a'clamping mem of the rivet 21, to the extendedelement 18,

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ber comprising spaced ears and a downwardly disposed extension, a handlemember comprising spaced apart ears pivotally connected with the spacedapart ear of said clamping member, a cover proper on said han- `dlemember, a spring secured at one eXtremity Vto an ear of said clampingmember and engaged against said handle forV normally urging said coverproper to 'closed position, a catch on the lower end portion oftheextension of said clamping member, aout out inwardly disposed clipintegral with said handle member comprising an end flange engageablewith said catch forlholding said cover proper fully open,` andprojections on the ears of said clamping member engageable in depressionin the ears of the said handle member for retaining said cover in par-`tially open position.

2&111 a milk bottle cover, a clamping member with a downwardly disposedextension, a handle member pivotally mounted on the clamping member andvprovided with a projecting clip, Ya wedge on the lower extremity of saidextension, and a plate adjustably secured on the wedge for'assumingpositions with'the top of the plate aty different distances from theextension for the proper accommo- V dation of the clipl Intestimony-`whereoffl have aflixed my f signature..

RUTH E. LANDES.

